Modified knife for whittling

[Doug51]

Nice job Richard thanks for posting some pictures.

Eveled I'll look into steam bending I never thought of that. The fish hook is going to be more for decoration than using probably. I want to add it to the fishing bobber I whittled. Nice whittlin blades on that Camillus.
We use to cut willow sticks when we were kids and fish the creek with.Fun times with friends I haven't seen in years. Sounds like yours were pretty nice.

[doglegg]

Great post, that fishing pole is a great idea. And Richard that modified whittler looks great.

[richard]

got this today, from a freind . e.c. simmons keenkutter, MOP whittler.
all blades are tight no wobble. nice snaps. double spring back main blade.
nice early knife, to restore / modifie. shame the scale damage. but they are secure.[quote]the beatings will continue.untill moral improves[/quote beau geste]

[eveled]

Nice find. What are you going to do to it?

[richard]

i will clean and polish the blades, but leave the scales as they are secure.

[Whittler50]

Twenty years ago I was looking for a good carbon steel pocket knife. I found a whittler who modified knife for whittling in Chip Chats. Dave Whiren knew carving and how to modify knives for that purpose. His company was called Golden Fingers. He had many brands and styles. I chose the Henckel's Congress. It was re-profiled and thinned so it could do the cuts we whittler/carvers needed to do. From fine details to cuts demanding more power. You'll see two knives pictured here. The top is the Dave Whiren modified knife and the bottom is a replacement I purchased a few years ago and have been slowly modifying. Please note the amount of re-profiling Dave had to do to create a fine carver.

[doglegg]

Twenty years ago I was looking for a good carbon steel pocket knife. I found a whittler who modified knife for whittling in Chip Chats. Dave Whiren knew carving and how to modify knives for that purpose. His company was called Golden Fingers. He had many brands and styles. I chose the Henckel's Congress. It was re-profiled and thinned so it could do the cuts we whittler/carvers needed to do. From fine details to cuts demanding more power. You'll see two knives pictured here. The top is the Dave Whiren modified knife and the bottom is a replacement I purchased a few years ago and have been slowly modifying. Please note the amount of re-profiling Dave had to do to create a fine carver.

Welcome Whittler50, I don't think the pictures made it this time but good to have you on board. I look forward to seeing some of your knives and also some of your whittling.

[richard]

no pic's here either whitller50.
click the attachment box. drag and drop pic,s into the reply message box.
you will see them load. when you get the green tic next to them.
click submit.
they will appear. under what you type in the reply box

[Whittler50]

I tried several times and I couldn't get the file to load.

[Whittler50]

Here's a Gastrike rooster I carved and painted a few years ago. This is in the solid tradition My favorite type of carving is the Scandinavian flat pane style carving, because it can capture movement and gesture.

[richard]

the pic,s are showing now
nice pair of sway backs you have there.
nice rooster

[doglegg]

Hey Whittler50, I like the knives and the rooster.

[richard]

here are 2 old cattaraugus, i am fond of. one mop, the other older, ebony ivory.
i have ground the blades. on both. they hold a real good sharp edge.

[Doug51]

Whittler50: thanks for posting pictures. It's nice to see how people modify their knives .

Richard: nice collection of whittling knives.

[Whittler50]

Whittling/carving and whittling knives are my happy place!
Thanks whittlers.

Here are a few more knives. Certainly not all of them

[doglegg]

Like those knives. Each one deserves a pile of wood ships.

[richard]

this is a old shapleigh HDWDE.
ground down ready to whittle.

[Doug51]

Nice little blade for detailing on that one.

[richard]

This is a old john primble BELKNAP.
I modified for whittleing.

[Doug51]

Wow I like that one Richard! Really like the way you modified the blade's on it.